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The stability properties of stationary nonconstant solutions of reaction–diffusion–equations \(\partial _t u_j=\partial _j^2u_{j}+f(u_j)\) on the edges k j of a finite metric graph G under the so–called anti–Kirchhoff condition (KC) at the vertices v i of the graph are investigated. The latter one consists in the following two requirements at each node.
where d ij∂ ju j(v i, t) denotes the outer normal derivative of u j at v i on the edge k j. Though on any finite metric graph there is a simple nonlinearity leading to a unique stable nonconstant stationary solution, there are classes of reaction-terms allowing only stable stationary solutions that are constant on each edge. For example, odd nonlinearities allow only such stable stationary solutions, in particular they only allow the trivial solution as stable one on trees.
The second author was supported by the MINECO grant MTM2017-84214-C2-1-P and is part of the Catalan research group 2017 SGR 1392.
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Joachim von Below is grateful to the research group GREDPA at UPC Barcelona for the invitation in 2017. José A. Lubary is grateful to the LMPA Joseph Liouville at ULCO in Calais for the invitation in 2018.
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von Below, J., Lubary, J.A. (2020). Stability Matters for Reaction–Diffusion–Equations on Metric Graphs Under the Anti-Kirchhoff Vertex Condition. In: Atay, F., Kurasov, P., Mugnolo, D. (eds) Discrete and Continuous Models in the Theory of Networks. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications, vol 281. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44097-8_1
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